Chapter 90: Star-chasing Journey
Chapter 90: Star-chasing Journey (XI)
Noon has arrived.
The ghost hunter team gathered in the "Starry Sky Room" where the captain was.
Although this cosmic village seemed relatively peaceful, it was obvious that everyone had suffered after this investigation.
They all looked listless and pale, and no one knew what they had been through.
Yu Jinling's face turned pale and she retched from time to time.
"Liu Weiwei" sometimes looked into the distance with a dull look, and sometimes smiled strangely.
Song Ru was still immersed in the sorrow of losing her senior brother, crying silently without saying a word.
Lu Jun'an huddled in the corner in silence, like a wilted little white flower.
Even the team leader Chen Shanyuan and Kuang Bowen, the two with the highest cultivation levels, looked dazed and kept taking Qingxin Pills. It was obvious that they were mentally polluted.
The one who looked the most normal at the moment was "She Chan" aka Liu Sheng, who was heartlessly eating the skewers and pancakes he had just bought, very elegantly, and even took out a handkerchief to carefully wipe the oil from the corners of his mouth.
"Why aren't you eating? It's getting cold. Barbeque doesn't taste good when it's cold. The fat will clump together."
As a result, Liu Sheng's words caused bursts of vomiting.
But at least no one was injured this time, which is a good thing.
Kuang Bowen even took out a low-level strange aura sensing talisman that he had made himself and gave everyone a rough test, but found no phenomenon of transformation into strange creatures.
Of course, it was fortunate that Chen Shanyuan and the others did not have real strange energy detectors, otherwise they would have discovered that the strange energy on "Liu Weiwei" was fluctuating very strongly, jumping back and forth between mortals and strange creatures.
Liu Sheng, the only one who knew about it, naturally wouldn't say anything. He could only silently pay attention to Wen Weilan's condition.
"Then let me first tell you about our discoveries." Chen Shanyuan adjusted his state, perked up and took the initiative to speak.
"Although Li Mingzhu said we should go to the science museum to study, we thought we should first learn about the situation in the village."
Chen Shanyuan would not admit that he really got a headache when he heard about studying.
If not for this, he would have taken the entrance exam for the National Academy long ago. With his talent for cultivation, why would he bother to become a ghost hunter!
"The villagers here are very kind. Although they look strange, they are not monsters. Most of them are born with or acquired disabilities."
"Moreover, most of them are Tang citizens who have strayed into the treacherous den."
Kuang Bowen added, "The amazing thing is that when we asked them when they entered, it ranged from two years ago to recently. So it's different from the time we know the strangeness started. This strangeness may have already started, but it has never received attention."
Liu Sheng and others nodded.
They also discovered this matter, but they didn't expect it to be traced back to two years ago.
No wonder there are so many people in the Universe Village!
It is a miracle that a civilian with no cultivation could survive for so long in the strange den without becoming a strange creature.
Liu Sheng expressed this doubt.
Kuang Bowen frowned and said, "We also find this quite strange. Although they haven't turned into monsters, their brains are not normal."
"He always talks about attracting aliens and welcoming alien civilizations, and he also firmly believes that he can attract alien civilizations through some special means." Chen Shanyuan interrupted.
"We saw a group of old men who specialized in playing the suona. They kept playing the suona towards the sky, saying that they could blow aliens down."
Finally, Chen Shanyuan said with a look of disgust: "They also say weird things like rotten apples, worms, wormholes, etc."
"But we understand that these statements and practices are all related to their village chief."
"So we went to the home of the chief of the Universe Village."
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The village chief of Yuzhou Village may love quietness.
They did not settle their home in the village, but on a small slope outside the village.
The surrounding area was full of weeds taller than people. They pushed aside the grass and climbed up the hill before they finally saw the village chief's house.
Looking at the small, dilapidated house in front of them, they immediately felt their hearts pounding and had a bad feeling. This was an instinctive feeling from the practitioners.
I don't know what's in the house.
But it can be seen that this house has been uninhabited for a long time. It is covered with spider webs, overgrown with weeds, and there is even a small tree sticking out from a hole in the roof.
Chen Shanyuan took the lead and stepped forward, gently pushing open the shaky and rotten wooden door. The door hinges creaked, breaking the silence around him.
Dust and cold air blew in his face, choking him and making him sneeze several times.
He held the spirit lamp high in his hand, illuminating the dim room.
"This... doesn't look like the place where the village chief lives..." Lu Jun'an said as he leaned over to take a look.
Indeed, it was just the living room of an ordinary family, even more plain and simple than the houses of the villagers in Yuzhou Village that they had seen.
Except there was a tree growing in the house which was a little weird.
The tree grew out of the crack in the floor under the table in the center of the hall, penetrated the table, and grew all the way to the roof, then poked out of the hole and peeked at the starlight.
The three of them walked around the dormitory and the kitchen, but there was nothing special.
However, from the floral skirt in the dormitory closet, it can be seen that the village chief seems to be a woman.
However, these skirts lack fabric, with only two thin straps hanging on the shoulders. Isn't that immoral?
Chen Shanyuan gestured on himself, feeling a little puzzled.
However, these skirts seemed to be quite old. He broke the straps with a little force, and the brittle and yellow fabric broke into pieces.
Chen Shanyuan scratched his head awkwardly, and suddenly heard Kuang Bowen's voice calling him in the hall.
"What happened?"
Chen Shanyuan walked out of the room and saw Kuang Bowen looking intently at the tree trunk on the table, lost in thought.
"There's something wrong with this tree."
"I think it's really weird. How can a tree grow out of a house?" Lu Jun'an, who had been following behind Kuang Bowen, agreed obediently.
Kuang Bowen pondered and said, "This is not strange, but I feel like there should be a deeper section of the tree trunk underneath."
Chen Shanyuan said, "Just split it open and you'll know."
Then he drew his knife and chopped the table in half, leaving a deep gash in the floor, but the little tree was unharmed.
"Good swordsmanship!" Lu Jun'an's eyes lit up.
As the floor cracked, one could see through the gap that there was deep darkness inside, and gusts of strange wind blew out, bringing with it a fishy and damp smell.
"Sure enough, there is still space below!" Kuang Bowen said confidently.
So Chen Shanyuan cut a few more times, making a bigger cut.
A flight of stone stairs leading downwards appeared in front of me, and seemed to lead to a space underground.
The tree stretched out from the dark depths below.
The disturbing atmosphere became stronger, as if something strange was lurking below.
"Let's go down and take a look." Chen Shanyuan said firmly.
Now that we're here, it can't be for nothing, right?
At present, there is no idea how to crack this mysterious trap, but perhaps there will be some clues below.
After all, this is the secret place of the chief of Universe Village.
Chen Shanyuan was leading the way, slowly walking down the stone steps step by step.
With every step he took, the air around him became colder and wetter, and a low whisper seemed to echo in his ears...
(End of this chapter)